Origin of the name RODERIC.
Etymology of the
name RODERIC.
Meaning of the baby name RODERIC.

... It seems that he had named
one of these boys as his successor in the kingdom, but the council of
nobles and prelates set aside his wishes, and elected to the throne a
certain Roderic, a Gothic noble who had held the chief command of the
army. (The Story of the Goths, Bradley, 1891)